I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
ARTHUR ASHEThroughout my formal education I spent many, many hours in public and school libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were. The current definitive answer to almost any question can be found within the four walls of most libraries.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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With what we give, we make a life.
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If you’re paid before you walk on the court, what’s the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
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There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis.’
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I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.
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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.
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I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
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I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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I don’t care who you are, you’re going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don’t move and you can’t take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.
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I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.
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